B-Suite Hotel in Malaysia's Penang Island is a quite new hotel which opened for the business only since 2 or 3 years ago. Because of its strategical position (2mins of driving to Penang Bus Station and <10mins to the international airport) together with its low price, B-Suite Hotel attracts a lot of tourists and those who are on the business trip.

On one day in 2008 July, when I went to eat at a nearby food court (now demolished for the properties development), I ran across a high school classmate who I didn't meet up for 12 years the second day he stayed in the hotel. He was then on a business trip from China.

Everyday I can see the B-Suite hotel across the window of the house I currently rented but never took a picture for it. Several days ago, after a dinner with some friends who was going back to China, I brought my digital camera Nikon D90 to test the standard Nikkor AF 50mm/F1.8D lens. The night was rainy, an accidental opportunity made me picture a photograph of B-Suite Hotel as if it was struck by a lightbolt during a long (8') exposure. This was the first time ever I caputred a lightning in a shot. So surprised! Now I share it here.

The picture below was the original version which was directly converted from RAW to JPEG. And the top one was cropped, retouched and then converted a JPG using Nikon's Capture NX 2 software. Any kind comment are welcomed!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Taylor Swift, the 20-year-old country singer, has ended her rumored 3-months romantic relationship with Taylor Lautner, the 17-year-old New Moon star, US Weekly reported.

Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner met on the set of their movie Valentine's Day. They first sparked rumors of a romance after Swift hugged Lautner at one of her October concert.

A friend close to Swift claimed that the two Taylors have decided to stay friends. "It wasn't really developing into anything, and wasn't going to, so they decided they were better as friends," the source said.

"He [Taylor Lautner] liked her [Taylor Swift] more than she liked him. He went everywhere he could to see her, but she didn't travel much to see him." the source revealed.

In 2008, Taylor Swift claimed that ex Joe Jonas dumped her during a 27-second phone call.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Victoria Beckham's Christmas gift for husband David Beckham was a bulldog, Sun reported. The animal, from a London breeder, cost Posh 2000 pounds. She presented the pet dog him when the couple celebrated Christmas at Beckingham Palace. Speculating why Posh selected this special present? She belives "it is a symbol of Becks's spirit on the football field." Do fit! Hope Beckham can lead England to win a trophy in South Africa's 2010 World Cup.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Zizie Ezette, 31, is a Malaysian actress. Zizie Ezette has recently married to Bung Moktar Radin, a lawmaker from Malaysia's Sabah State, being his second wife after Nor Asidah Alimuddin. Bung Moktar, a 50-year-old father of four children aged from 2 to 17 yrs, is a Muslim. It's legal for him to marry with Ezette, also a Muslim, in Malaysia where Islam is the state religion.

When the rumor said they were married last week, Bung Mokta, a controversial assemblyman for his racist remarks in the Malaysian parliarment, initially denied but had since acknowleged his new marriage. For Zizie Ezette, she was still somewhat not comfortable to make a confirm, saying the men she had dated before were all bachelors.

“Please understand that I am in a difficult situation. I have to take care of the feelings of many parties. InsyaAllah, I promise I will elaborate more on the matter when the time is right." She told to the Star newspaper.

Below are three more pictures of Zizie Ezette a bit cozy with a Jay-z lookalike man

American Idol winner turned country music singer Carrie Underwood was engaged to her boyfriend, hockey team Ottawa Senators star Mike Fisher, it was reported today. Carrie Underwood's engagement was confirmed by Mike Fisher himself on a press conference for tonight's match against the Boston Bruins .

When being pressed for the blogsphere's rumor that they were hitched, Fisher said he had asked Underwood to marry him on Sunday, December 20. He declined to reveal any more details.

"It's true. We're both obviously excited and very happy," he said.

Underwood's rep Jessie Schmidt also confirmed the engagement, but saying no wedding date was set.

Hideaki Hoshi (L2), Consul-General of Japan in Penang received Lim who is Secretary-General of the opposition party DAP. Accompanying him were Lim's secretary Ng Wei Aik (L1), Penang State Excos Lim Hock Seng (R1) and Danny Law Heng Kiang (not photographed in the picture). The image (see original size) is now released under CC-BY-SA 3.0 License for free re-use as long as one gives appropriate credit to this site. It was taken on HTC Touch Pro smart phone with Windows Mobile 6.0 as its OS.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Miley Cyrus caused another controversy by encouraging her 9-year-old sister Noah Cyrus to perform Akon’s racy single “Smack That”in front of many adults back stage at one of Miley's concerts.

In a video clip released online recently, Miley was seen urging her little sister Noah to show off her dirty moves, including shimmying and patting boots while singing the lyrics, "Smack that, all on the floor/Smack that, give me some more/Smack that, till you get sore/Smack that, oh ooh.”

The 17-year-old Hannah Montana star herself has danced on a pole during her performance of “Party in the U.S.A" at 2009 Teen Choice Awards this August.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Earlier this year, I had a wonderful trip to Hatyai, Songkhla province in souther Thailand. Being to Thailand, aside from feeling for its Buddhist atmosphere and Tomyam cruises, I had a getaway to Hatyai Hansa Cafe Super Club for watching the Thai Cabaret show. Of course, I was totally entertained by those gorgeous ladyboys' performance, though they just mechanically performed along with the melodies. From the beginning to end, I unstoppingly pressed the shutter button of my entry-level DSLR Nikon D40 which was equipped with Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm/f4-5.6 G IF-ED DX VR long focal length lens. Now I'd like to share those stunning (and some were joker-ish) ladyboys picture with all you guys. Feel free to re-use, because they are released under CC-BY-SA 3.0 License, as long as you give due credits to this entry. Enjoy!